![]() ![]() What if I didn’t like it? What if my distracted state had made me overlook all the faults and really this was nothing more than pretty trash? What if… it was boring? There’s always that risk when you revising things you use to like, isn’t there? Is it worth trying to recapture a bit of the old magic at the risk of destroying a beloved memory? A wave of familiarity hit me as the wonderful opening sequence started and I almost shut it off right then and there. I started the show out a little apprehensive. There’s a reason though, I’ll tell you later! really – look at these colours Man, I am really insisting on the studio in this review. The same cannot be said for all (or even most of) KyoAni’s offerings. Sadly this is really where the background music is at its best, but it remains pleasant and enhances the action throughout the entire series. Particularly in the first episode where a John Williams like score added an instance sense of magic and whimsy. ![]() Good thing I’m here with the news no else dares to tell! OK, one thing you may not have expected is that the soundtrack is actually great here. A studio known for traditionally beautiful visuals creates a show that is not visually innovative but truly gorgeous to watch. I noticed the same thing in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions. When a romantic comedy slice of life had some of the most impressively animated action sequences I had seen that year, it makes you think.īut this is all old news. This is a particularly action oriented series that makes good use of the studio’s mastery and had me wondering non-stop why Kyoto Animation didn’t do more action shows. Of course the animation is also breathtaking. The colour palette is one of my favourites as the light and colour filters are played with to match the wheather, temperature and mood of a scene, really bringing you into the action in a subtle, almost tactile way. Although I will admit that their series do look very similar to one another, I’m not sure how that’s a bad thing when that signature look happens to be stunningly gorgeous! Beyond the Boundary is a pretty show to look at. good to know!Īs I mentioned, this was my first brush with the artistic stylings of Kyoto Animation, and boy was I impressed! You know, people sometimes knock the studio for having a signature look. I wanted to see whether this attachment was just due to my unusually emotional state during the original watch. I have been meaning to rewatch it for a long time now as it left a lingering seed in my mind and I tend to use images from the show all the time. The fact that I remembered it at all is impressive. Like I said, I was in the middle of a rather rough patch and most of that time period is a bit of a blurr punctuated with flashes of intense raw emotion. ![]() This shouldn’t be considered as indicative of the series’ quality. I remember having a generally positive impression of the show but had forgotten a lot of the details. I was going through a rather difficult time and simply wanted something pretty to distract me. It was the first Kyoto Animation series I had seen at the time and generally had very little knowledge of the world of anime beyond which shows I liked and which I didn’t. I watched Beyond the Boundary some years ago. That of a proud glasses obsessed pervert! ![]() While for Akihito Kanbara it means refusing to let others to see him as merely an immortal ultra rare half yomu, capable of great destruction and chaos, and insisting on letting his true personality shine through. For Mirai Kuriyama that means shedding the dark reputation that hangs over her bloodline and trying to turn her curse into a blessing. But you don’t have to simply accept it, you can choose by what you wish to be defined. The weight of history and circumstance leaves its mark on all of us. Genre: Action, supernatural, drama, romance, pwetty. ![]()
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